Description
| Product ID: | 9781783448401 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Chessboxer |
| Authors: | Author: Stephen Davies |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: death & bereavement (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's / Teenage), New York, Interest age: from c 12 years |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating She's a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Thrilling, tense and hard-hitting, Chessboxer is perfect for fans of Netflix''s The Queen''s Gambit''Gripping and surprising. I gulped it down'' Sarah CrossanLeah Baxter is a genius. She''s a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her. But Leah is at stalemate – grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn''t want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen? |
| Imprint Name: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-03 |
